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Up here in Canada (especially in my hometown of Toronto, Ontario), there is a large chunk of the population that considers itself “superior” to our American cousins.
We start fewer wars, we’re better educated, we have lower crime rates, we don’t watch Two and a Half Men, we’ve never elected a Bush and we’re not all fat & addicted to deep fried pizza.
U.S. Obesity Stats for 2009
Unfortunately, as it turns out…we did go to war in Afghanistan, our high school dropout rates are rising year after year, our favorite tv show is Survivor, we elected Stephen Harper and according to this study….
70% of Ontario adults are either overweight or obese, and have a strong prevalence of high blood pressure that could lead to heart attack or stroke.
And if my university mathematics are correct, that means that only 30% of Ontarians should be proud to take their shirts off at the beach.
30%
Just like Mississippi…the fattest state in the republic.
WTF!!!
Perhaps it’s time for my smug Canadian brothers & sisters to put down their wobbly pops, throw out that tub o’ poutine, get up off their rotund derrières and start developing some health habits.
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Way back in the olden days (the 1970s), housewives around the United States tried to burn off body fat by following some version of the Grapefruit Diet. (also known as the Hollywood Diet & the Mayo Clinic Diet)
Dismissed as a fad, the theory behind the Grapefruit Diet was that if you ate half a grapefruit or drank a glass of grapefruit juice with each meal (while reducing your caloric intake down to 800 calories/day), you would lose weight.
And while the 1970s version of the Grapefruit Diet did wonders for grapefruit farmers, it wasn’t very successful at delivering long term weight loss.
Fast forward to 2010….. and this latest nugget of scientific research which shows us that those snake oil salesmen from the 1970s may have been on to something.
Naringenin, an antioxidant flavonoid derived from the bitter flavor of grapefruits and other citrus fruits, may cause the liver to break down fat while increasing insulin sensitivity.
The Theory
- Normally, after a “normal” meal (consisting of carbs, fats & proteins), your blood is flooded with sugar.
- This boost in blood sugar results in the activation of your Liver X Receptor Alpha – LXRα.
- Which results in the production of fatty acids by your liver for long term storage – ie belly fat, saddle bags, love handles, etc….
Not good.
And, up until this latest research into Naringenin, the only way to prevent this from happening was by reducing your intake of carbohydrates – via fasting or eating low carb (ie Atkins).
But, with Naringenin, you would be able to eat carbs while still receiving the health benefits of eating low carb:
- Fatty acids being released from your fat cells….
- resulting in the PPARα receptor being activated in your liver…
- leading to your body fat cells being broken down into ketones and used for energy, while also…
- causing a reduction in vLDL (‘bad cholesterol’) production
And that’s not all.
Another benefit of Naringenin is that your PPARγ receptor is activated – resulting in an increase in sensitivity to insulin.
Taken together, all of this good stuff adds up to:
- No more Type 2 Diabetes
- No more high cholesterol
- No more love handles
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Naringenin – remember the name
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